Jason Moore, Chair of the Department of Computational Biomedicine and Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education (CAIRE) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA, speaks with Pitt’s HexAI podcast host, Jordan Gass-Pooré, about his work, the strategic investments his center is making in technology and specialized human expertise to support advanced AI research and about the incorporation of AI and AI agents into precision health.

They speak in depth about the recent and rapid emergence of agentic AI, which is expected to have a significant impact on healthcare and how his team’s work is advancing the field. They also touch on vetting, deploying, and monitoring AI models for clinical use; explainable AI, trust, and transparency; using AI chatbots to improve the patient experience; the importance of building effective collaborations between industry and academia; and Cedar-Sinai’s new PhD program in Health AI.